Those killed in the crash. And Malala Yousafzai trying to give girls a better education. Millions of people have taken part in myanmars first openly contested election in decades. The leader of myanmars Democracy Movement and former political prisoner aung san suy kyi kissed her ballot paper before she voted. There are queues around the country. Al jazeera has several teams in myanmar. Wayne hay is there, in a state where many are not allowed to take part in the election. Florence louie is where aung san suy kyi cast her vote, on the out skirts, and Scott Heidler. Tell us how voting went today, and about the turn outs. It was a very good turn out according to those in the Election Commission. An official told the a. F. P. Newsagency that there was an 80 turn out. Officials where we are told us there was 60 . There were lines out the door at the elementary school. They lined up at 4 00am, the polling started at 6 00am. It was an historic day. It seems like there was an enthusiastic popu
Boost to fire her. And volkswagen is shifting gears from the emissions scandal to a car of the future. We begin this hour in washington d. C. , where the white house is casting serious doubts on north koreas claim to have tested a Hydrogen Bomb. The Administration Officials indicated that the explosion was not Strong Enough to be an h bomb, which is often thousands more times powerful than a traditional nuclear blast. Still whatever test north korea conducted, its the countrys fourth in nearly a decade and it has sparked worldwide condemnation. Jamie mcintyre has more at the pentagon. Reporter david, the u. S. Is still gathering evidence before a declaration of what north korea detonated in the underground explosion. But the verdict is n while the blast was powerful enough to reg as an earthquake, it was way too small to be an h bomb. The boastful announcement on north Korean Television claimed an ominous technological achievement. A successful test of not just a Nuclear Device, but a
Clemson continues preparations for mondays big showdown in glendale, arizona against the alabama crimson tide. Today, the team heads out west with one goal in mind. Totoake history. A win on monday night would make clemson the First College Football Team ever to go 15 and oh. The team is scheduled to arrive have more from glendale this morning on sunrise. Along with football talk, were also hearing from clemson head coach dabo swinney about the arrest of his brother for a domestic dispute. Henry Tripp Swinney was arrested after a restraining order was filed against him for Domestic Violence. News outlets in Panama City Beach report swinneys estranged wife accuses him of harrassing her, stalking her online. And leaving threatening voicemails. Swinney is charged with aggravated stalking. During practice thursday, coach swinney addressed you know, at the end theres consequences for your actions. You dont do the right things, you suffer the consequences. So its no different than anybody el
Idealistic effort by a young senator from illinois who we were both right to believe would achieve greatness. I have had the opportunity to serve in your distinguished cabinet and worked with a white house chief of Staff White House staff ably led by denis mcdonough. Den has done much to make real the promise of our democracy. And each of the men and women i have come to know will be lifelong friends. Whatever my accomplishments, they could not have been achieved without the love, support and guidance of two people who are not with me here today, my parents nurtured and my accomplished brother william and made us believe in the value of individual effort and the greatness of this nation. My time in public service, which now comes to an end, would not have been possible without the sacrifices, too often unfair, made by the best three kids a father could ask for. Thank you maya, thank you brooke, and thank you clay. And finally, i want to thank the woman who sacrificed the most and allow
But despite assurances that the federal government would largely fund the expansion, more than 20 states opted out. Florida is one of them. Hi are you denise . Yes, i am. Im josh rushing. Very nice to meet you. Please come in. Nice to meet you. Thank you so much. In 2005, denise wade and her husband barry moved to florida to help her aging parents. They had solid careers and financial security. A fairy tale wedding huh . It was. It really was a fairytale wedding. What was he like . He was very assertive. He was an extrovert. He was very gregarious. He would give you the shirt off his back. In the economic downturn, barry lost his job and Health Insuranceand then he was diagnosed with cancer. Their ideal life quickly fell apart. The Affordable Care act was supposed to help people like denise. But like millions of others, she is caught in a Health Care Coverage gapwith no access to affordable insurance. If we had had the opportunity to have found out that he had the cancer earlier than w